changeup. that's right, the a's and giants even the playing field in the playoffs. we'll have live team coverage on the must-win morning just ahead. and hail coating the streets in gilroy, looks like snow. we have another round of potentially strong storms on the way. we'll show you where and when coming up. and i have cars coating the roadway, your bay bridge toll plaza and oar spots as your thursday morning commute starting to kick isn't. let's take a live look outside. yes, we're waiting the sun's arrival but we've got a lot going on for this thursday, november 11th. this is "today in the bay." into right field, it's a base hit! seth smith coming around, and the oakland a's will live another day. >> game changer. teams from both sides of the bay forcing game five, saving the best for last. good morning and thanks for

joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning, everybody, i'm jon kelly. here we go again. yes, it's do-or-die morning for bay area baseball fans as the giants and a's try to advance to the next round of the playoffs. for this we have team coverage. live team coverage of this on the must-win situation. bob redell and henry wofford are in oakland bringing us everything you need to know about the a's and that home game but we start things off with scott reese live in cincinnati, ohio, where the giants will take the field in just a few hours trying to continue working that magic. scott, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. yeah, early game time here, so the crews are working feverishly trying to get the field ready after last night's contest in which the giants won handily and they did it by busting out the bats like we have not seen in this series. they pounded out 11 hits, eight for extra bases, which is a franchise playoff record and, oh, by the way, three home runs mixed in as well. angel pagan led off the baseball

game with a solo home run. in fact it was the first time in giants playoff history that they have gotten a leadoff homer. pablo sandoval hit one that almost went into the ohio river. tim lincecum did the rest. he got the win and spoke with our jaymee sire. >> reporter: what a big game for you guys and what a big game for you personally. what was it like for you to come in out of the bullpen and be so effective and give your team such a lift? >> i think the situation kind of made it a little easier. obviously we had the lead and tons of confidence coming out of the pen. just kind of letting go of what has been going on in the year and focusing on what we need to do to win and that's just being agres if on the mound, throwing strikes and leaving it on the field. >> reporter: a lot of people thought lincecum might be the x factor in this series. at this point he is thester st f the series and the giants live to play another day.

game five coming up at 1:05 eastern time. our coverage on comcast sportsnet bay area begins at 9:00 a.m. local time. it's been a pretty interesting few days and we'll see what goes down in a winner-take-all scenario in game five. >> thank you very much. meantime in oakland, high stakes, high drama as the a's advance to game five under a ninth inning stunner. a lot of sore throats this morning. ecstatic is an understatement as fans keeping the dream alive in oakland. henry wofford is live at the coliseum with a look at the win and what it will take to advance to the next roun take it away, henry. >> reporter: well, laura, i don't know if you've heard the news, but chiropractors' phones are ringing off the hook because oakland a's backs are hurting.

let's take a look at the highlights from last night. no wonder they were dancing all night. an unbelievable game. a's were backed into the corner, bottom of the ninth inning. all of a sudden seth smith doubles to right, two runs come in and then coco crisp with a huge single in the bottom of the inning and all of a sudden you can just say come on, smith. he taps home plate, a's win 4-3 in walk-off fashion. there will be a game five. >> well, we've heard we're not smart enough to be we're supposed to lose a game. but we've never given up all the way to the last out. that showed tonight. so we've got to keep doing what we've been doing all year. >> there's no quit. you know, i don't know if or why teams don't do it. that's the way it should be. that's the way we've done our business all season long. >> reporter: well, let the fun

begin. first pitch is tonight at 6:37. you've got a 23-year-old rookie on the hill for the oakland a's, jared parker, and who will the a's have to beat to get to the american league championship series? they have to beat justin verlander, the reigning a.l. mvp and cy young winner. before we go, jon and laura, i want you guys to help me out. i'm trying to confirm a story. i heard tomorrow morning both of you will be doing the bernie if the a's win tonight. >> we may be doing it tonight. >> laura might be doing it. i'm old, henry. i go to chiropractors every day. that's good stuff, man. appreciate it. be happy to do it, you bring such good energy. >> along with that competition on the field, a's fans just trying to get to the coliseum. >> for more let's check in with bob redell who's live there as

well. good morning, bob. >> reporter: yeah, maybe competition of finding a parking spot. not only do you have the a's at o.co at 6:30, sold-out crowd, 36,000 fans, they'll be sharing the parking lot with the warriors exhibition game so two major sporting events within an hour of each other. fans need to show up early if they want to get a parking spot. keep in mind there's always b.a.r.t., but those trains will be crowded. and that was the scene here at o.co last night after that surprise win against the detroit tigers. to say the least these fans, wow, they do need a chiropractor looking at some of them. the team keeps its postseason hopes alive. the final game at 6:30 and the winner will advance to the playoffs for the american league pennant. >> win, baby, we're about to

win. we've got this! >> that was amazing. absolutely amazing. >> let's go, oakland! let's go, oakland! >> reporter: wow. tonight's game is sold out at just over 36,000 tickets. o.co is capable of holding roughly 10,000 more fans, it's just that the team as you can see here live tarped many of those upper deck seats citing lack of demand and there isn't enough time to remove them even though some fans have demanded the removal but the team didn't budge. so your best bet to get to the game is to go to stubhub because officially the tickets are sold out from the team itself. reporting live in oakland, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> for the record bob redell has the comeback ketchup in his pocket. bay area baseball front and center headline news. we'll have it other on nbc bay area.com. just click sports on that tab for more in-depth coverage all

day long and also the games one early, one late. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. you have been busy as well. crazy weather in the bay area these days. >> crazy weather, trying to watch the giants, trying to watch the a's and none of us can move forward until we find out whether or not they are going to make it to the world series. 54 grows in petaluma this morning. 52 in sonoma. san francisco is 57 degrees and you're 54 down in gilroy where we had quarter-size hail yesterday. now, today we're expecting more of the same but not until this evening. we stop the clock on your futurecast right at noon and you can see just mostly cloudy conditions across the greater bay area. we stop the clock again for you and look what happens between noon and 5:00 we start to get shows showers sneaking up from the south and we could see another round of strong storms over the local mountains. so today's highs work out like this. you'll be 70 degrees inland, 67 bayside and at the coast right around 64 degrees. so coming up, we've got your a's

forecast and the giants forecast ready to go. weather will likely come into play in oakland and of course cincinnati with those wins out there. let's get you on your way to work. hi, mike. >> look at this over my shoulder, the golden gate bridge. crystal clear view. we're watching for those changes in the weather and might still find wet pavement farther east. looking at a new map just north of here in the north bay where san rafael has a nice, smooth drive. road crews stick around but no slowing there. should be clear from that westbound commute in just a few. southbound just south of highway 37 around miller creek we had an earlier accident. i just got word all lanes are cleared, this incident off the roadway but you see the slowing from highway 37 down out of novato. that is your commute direction. looking over to the east bay and we're showing the bay bridge toll plaza. a life outside, the backup in the cash lanes and the fastrak

lanes. it looks like they have turned on the metering lights as the compute starts to build but no slowing down the east shore freeway. back to you. a developing story we're following in hercules this morning as police head to washington state to interview a married couple caught driving a car belonging to a murdered east bay teacher. the car was owned by 55-year-old susie ko who was found stabbed to death last week at her home. police in washington arrested the couple yesterday after a pursuit. investigator are trying to figure out how the couple got ko's car and if the pair are responsible for her death. ko's neighbors, meantime, are relieved. >> i'm glad they caught them. finally caught somebody. it's just awesome. >> the couple, darnell and tania washington, have been on the run since late august. investigators say darnell recently escaped from a southern california prison and that his wife helped him. it is sentencing day for a former school superintendent accused of embezzling more than $100,000 to remodel his house.

o embezzling more than $100,000 from the portola valley school district. the judge will not sentence him to more than four years in straight prison. the school district still trying to recover from the financial hit. a foundation just pledged more than a million dollars to help cover this year's budget sdwlmpt. 6:11. we're going to tell you about the nobel prize in literature. and more loans for tesla. we'll tell you who's making them and how much ahead in business. and no holds barred here. they're getting it on. the presidential -- the vice presidential candidates in the spotlight as we count down to their debate going on tonight.

new this morning, a chinese author now the winner of this year's nobel prize for literature. 57-year-old mo yan is known for some pretty impressive novels. his books laced with criticism of china's communist government and have been banned over in china. this win is seen as somewhat unexpected since the nobel committee has chosen european authors in four of the past five years. 6:14. moving on to decision 2012. we have heard from the presidential nominee, and now it's time to hear from the men running for second in command. today in the bay's marla tellez joins us live in studio with a preview of tonight's vice presidential debate. i'm looking forward to this one. >> you're going to watch it, huh, laura? you can find it right here on nbc bay area. heading into tonight's match juch, analysts say joe biden faces the greater burden here in the aftermath of president obama's lackluster performance against mitt romney last week. biden is now tasked with slowing

the momentum the romney campaign has picked up since then. the challenge for ryan will be to fend off efforts to link his own past budget proposals with romney's economic vision. both have been practicing for tonight's 90-minute showdown with sparring partners, and biden admits he's been studying ryan's book. >> i just want to make sure that when i say these things that i don't have the congressman saying no, no, no, i don't have that position or that's not the governor's position. >> i think he's probably going to come at me like a cannon ball. but the achilles heel he has is president obama's record. >> reporter: let's talk experience. biden has the upper hand when it comes to that. the 69-year-old veteran politician has several debates under his belt. ryan cannot say the same. this is the 42-year-old's first vp debate. it all gets under way at 6:00 our time tonight. it's week held in danville, kentucky, at centre college.

we will bring it to you live at 6:00. coming up we'll talk about who is expected to win. also president obama offering a little advice to biden. we'll hear what he has to say. jon and laura. 6:16. if you happen to be waking up with us, time for a check on the top stories. how about the a's and the gia s giants, they will not quit. both teams staging a major comeback in the playoffs. their series is tied up two games apiece and both of those today have the decisive game five. the giants taking on the reds at 10:00 a.m. local time. the a's at home against detroit tonight at 6:30. police in washington state have arrested a man and wife caught driving a stolen car that belong to a murdered hercules woman. police are trying to figure out if the couple is responsible for the death of susie ko. the couple has been on the run since august. former portola valley school

district timothy hanretty will be sentenced today. he has embezzled $100,000 from the school district simple leto remodel his home. the state of california is giving tesla $10 million to hurry along an electric suv. >> this is coming as the company is having trouble getting its sedan out the door. >> yeah. the model s sedan is moving ahead more slowly than expected. we're two years away from model x, the crossover suv. nonetheless, the california energy commission will send $10 million to help tesla build the model x assembly line. this is state money gathered from vehicle registration and smog checks. the same board sent $2 million to lk bike maker zero motorcycles out of santa cruz. the other company owned by elon musk reports all systems guy on the space capsule.

astronauts opened the door on the capsule a day early. dragon is a nod to puff the magic dragon. it's carried into space on the falcon rocket which is named after the millennium falcon. we've been talking about the trade tensions between china and the united states. today you can add tariffs. the u.s. commerce department upheld its decision to charge extra fees on solar cells constructed in china, as much as 250%, because america thinks china is dumping solar cells on the market. and mitt romney says if he's president, he'll accuse china of currency manipulation, the very first day he's in the white house. that would set off a lot of automatic tariffs which is why in presidents make that statement. going there would cause the u.s. more economic harm than good. jon and laura, interesting. we pick a new president november 6. china's communist party picks a

new president and premier two days later. >> very interesting. a lot to watch. thank you. 6:19 right now. christina loren is here back to talk about our forecast heading towards the weekend. >> headed towards the weekend. a lot happening this weekend, pumpkin festival in half moon bay, oktoberfest in campbell and we haven't talked about that because we're so consumed by baseball. starting with a live picture here over san francisco, because hopefully we'll still be talking baseball at that point. a's and giants flags both flapping in the wind, both headed towards another game. boy, oh boy, they have got to play it to win it. 6:19. let's go ahead and talk about where your temperatures are. pretty comfortable this morning. we're in the 50s and 60s but it's kind of cold up in the north bay dropping down to the upper 40s. as we head throughout the morning hours we'll continue to see very light, isolated cell its push onshore and the best chance for rain and thunderstorms will be over the western-facing slopes surrounding san jose. i do think we'll see another round of thunderstorms this

afternoon when we accumulate that daylight heating. the best way to know if you're going to get any of that action, just look up to the sky and you'll see those cumulonimbus towers building. so here's what's happening. cutoff low finally getting pushed to the south just a little bit but we'll still get outer bands moving through the bay area throughout the day at that. finally the system of low pressure takes a ride on the jetstream, scoots the secondary system out of the way. as we head throughout today and tomorrow we'll finally get rid of this guy. for us that will bring about a drier pattern and a warmup on the way, if you can just get through the next two days. stop the clock on your futurecast at noon, still mostly cloudy over the greater bay area. we don't expect the rain until later on this evening, between 6:00 and 8:00. 63 degrees, grab that jacket isn't san francisco. 66 in fremont. you might need that jacket for the most part today out in places like fairfield and livermore where we tend to get

very warm. 70 in livermore today. as we head through tomorrow, temperatures drop off. by saturday, a few areas of drizzle. very isolated showers, like i showed you, mostly between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. it's friday eve today. sunday into monday that warmup really kicks in. let's check your drive at 6:21 with mike. >> this friday eve is so stressful because of two games going on. northbound 101, we're seeing a heavier volume, a little earlier build around the bay. some folks may be trying to get into the office early, start their lunch hour a little early or maybe take an extended lunch or maybe get out early so they can see the a's game. that slowdown is the concern right now. we have the build starting just past capital expressway and coming up toward 680. 87 starting to slow down and 85 just north of 87, that's where we see some slowing. that will continue to buil that is a new pattern that a rot

of my colleague tess station have been talking about the last few weeks as well. it starts off early and continues throughout the morning. now let's see how thing are shaping up. here's the peninsula. volume builds but no slowing here. other side of the bay, fremont moves smoothly as well. heading towards mission. we'll end with this over at the toll plaza -- you know what, i'll show you the toll plaza coming up. a little tease ahead. 6:22. coming up, passing through airline security wearing a bulletproof vest. new details about how an armed passenger actually boarded a plane no questions asked. plus, a very sad one here. a grandmother and her four grandchildren trapped by a wall of flames. we'll tell you about the fast-moving fire that turned into a tragic search and rescue mission. [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents

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living inside jumped a second floor window just to escape the flames. he is being treated at a hospital. laura, this is one of those strange but true stories. a soldier accused of a mass shooting at a u.s. military base is now asking the court to save his beard. an army appeals court will decide if major anidal hasan ca keep his beard. his lawyers say he grew the beard was part of his muslim faith. the 42-year-old is charged with killing 13 people and wounding dozens of others at ft. hood in texas back in 2009. the beard the least of his problems. he faces the death penalty or life in prison. and new details on that bizarre story of an airline passenger arrested for carrying numerous weapons. south korean airport officials say the items he had brought with him did not violate the country's national guidelines. the 28-year-old passenger passed through security wearing a bulletproof vest and he was

carrying knives, handcuffs, smoke grenades and body bags. his flight originated from japan which took him to south korea, then to los angeles. he was arrested after landing at l.a.x. last week. >> that is still a bizarre story all the way around. 6:27. coming up, gone without a trace until now. the brand new clue unearthing details after decades that could bring some closure in a kidnapping cold case. plus the south bay on ice. meteorologist christina loren will tell us if hail will be hitting your house possibly again coming up. ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪

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michaela garecht. why the answer may be deep below the surface of a site that's been secret for decades. and there it is right on time. we take you to wall street. the new york stock exchange ringing the day in. see how the markets will do today on this thursday, october 11th. this is "today in the bay." it is 6:30. good morning, everybody. always happy to have you, i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. autumn weather took its time getting here but it's making its presence known now. check out this video from gilroy where hail blanketed front lawns and driveways yesterday afternoon. now the question is will the cleanup continue? will the south bay get a repeat performance? let's check in with meteorologist christina loren about what we can expect when we head out the door. good morning. >> good morning to you, jon and laura. good morning to you at home. yeah, i think there's going to be a bit of a repeat.

we have a fair chance as we head throughout the day today. 52 degrees in novato, 52 in sonoma, san jose at 54 and 54 in gilroy where you had most of the activity. i was telling you yesterday where you have the mountains you get an enhancement. your valley, the cities that are in the valley next to the mountains have the best chance of that. look at gilroy, you're very close to both sides of those slopes, which is where we had the most activity there yesterday. now, we're getting a little action right now, not much but we are expecting more as we head throughout the day today. you can see very light, spotty activity. we stop the clock at 4:00 p.m. just in the heart of the evening commute, the rain starts to come back. embedded within these showers we're expecting thunderstorms again. so the best chance of that will bow between 4 and 7:00 p.m. highs will be comfortable, 70 degrees inland, 67 bayside and 64 at the coast. seven-day outlook is coming up in my next report. we want to help you make those weekend plans, after all it's friday eve.

traffic heavy this morning. >> it's shaping up to be a really hefty commute. at the bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights were turned on a little early there. it's slow down at the bottom of your screen for the incline coming off the berkeley curve. a new accident right around carlson making things a little worse at the merge and slow all the way past golden gate field where things start to smooth out just around university. this is 880 past the coliseum. we'll have congestion because the a's and the warriors both playing tonight. here's a smooth drive even though the volume picks up. slowing through fremont and getting into the south bay. we'll look at the overall view. more traffic here but really areas of concern north 101 as you head past 680. a new accident right around allen rock. 85 at the bottom of your screen picks up the volume as well as north 87 heading into downtown. already kicking off the

slowdown. pack to you. potentially major news here. investigators may have found new clues which could help solve a decades-old missing child case. christie smith is live in h hayward with details on what has been discovered. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. michaela garecht's mom has spoken out in a heart-breaking blog about these latest developments saying she thinks it's likely that evidence has been found to support the notion that michaela is likely not alive. but she says that over these past 24 years that she has seen many different leads. 9-year-old michaela garecht was kidnapped from outside of a hayward store in 1988. now hayward police are testing a bone fragment discovered in a well in the central valley to see if it's hers. they're testing it for dna. the discovery comes after the remains of a murder victim, joanne hobson, were identified and the lab found other bones mixed in with hers. that probably happened during the excavation and investigation

process linked to the so-called speed freak killers. micha michaela's mom writes if this is confirmed, though, i will be glad to know the truth and i feel an overwhelming desire to bring michaela home. it breaks my heart of her little body lying in that god for saken place all these years and if that is so, i want to gather her up and bring her home. this also opens up the possibility there may be other victims out there who still haven't been identified. we just heard from a sergeant from the hayward police department and they're going to be updating us on the case. reporting live in hayward, christie smith, "today in the bay." 6:34. new this morning, a search is under way for a getaway car after a man was stabbed overnight in morgan hill. it happened near the intersection of peebles avenue and calle monix. a 45-year-old man was stabbed

but he is expected to survive. officers looking for a '90s model white acura but don't have a license plate number. holding pg&e accountable in public. victims of the san bruno pipeline explosion are now still fighting for full disclosure this morning. assemblyman jerry hill and san bruno residents will appear before the california public utilities commission today demanding public hearings to determine pg&e fines for that deadly blast and how much ratepayers will be charged to fix the pipeline system. right now pg&e is holding closed door meetings to negotiate those settlements linked to the deadly blast. it's s6:35. still ahead, concrete collapsed at a college campus. a construction worker buried alive as a five-story parking structure comes tumbling down. as they sift through the rubble, what they're finding just ahead. also snatched on a short walk to school. we've just heard from police in colorado about the search for a

missing girl. we'll let you know what they had to say next. and a live look outside from san jose this morning. dawn breaking over the bay area. also taking a live look outside. look at traffic picking up. everyone up and at 'em on this 10-11-12 thursday morning. much more ahead. it's 6:36.

welcome back, everybody. a picturesque look over san francisco. that is a live, just very sharp peek. look at all the colors there. if that can't inspire you to get up in the morning, i'm not sure what will. continuing coverage this morning in the sudden disappearance of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway in colorado. investigators say they found a body near the spot where the girl disappeared, but they are not confirming yet if it is her. investigators say ridgeway was kidnapped friday on what should have been a short walk to school in the denver suburb of westminster. officers say they are confident that jessica's parents are not involved in her disappearance. and happening right now, rescue crews still searching for survivors after a five-story parking structure simply collapses at a city college campus in south carolina. a construction worker pulled out alive after being under a huge slab of concrete overnight. this happened 13 hours after

that collapse. the "miami herald" reporting rescuers unfortunately had to amputate the man's legs just to get him out. sadly, two people did die in that collapse and rescuers now say they expect to find another body in all that rubble. we can tell you this hour the cause of that collapse remains under investigation. >> tragic. look at that situation there. it's 6:40. coming up, final out. the do-or-die day ahead for the giants and the a's. we're covering all the bases with live team coverage just ahead. plus doubling down on a newty tweet ahead. right now we take you live outside for a shot of downtown san jose. smooth sailing trafficwise. weather looks good too. mike will talk about the roads, christina the skies. back in a matter of minutes. ♪

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crisp will send it into right field on a base hit. seth smith coming around, and the oakland a's will live another day. >> forcing game five. it's a whole new ball game this morning on both sides of the bay as the a's and giants become game-changers in the playoffs. it's a must-win morning as both teams try to advance to the next round. we have live team coverage of the must-win day ahead. bob redell and henry wofford are in oakland with everything we need to know about the a's home game but we start things off with scott reese live in cincinnati, ohio, where the giants will take the field in just a couple of hours. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, laura. yeah, a couple of players have already made their way out to the dugout just listening to tunes, taking it all in, getting set for this all-important game five. the giants trying to make a little history.

no team has ever lost the first two games of a best of five series, come back to win the last three on the road to take the series in advance. we'll see if they can get it done. if the bats are alive like they were yesterday, then good things are in store. it was a terrific day for the giants offensively. angel pagan leading off the game with a home run and they never looked back. pablo sandoval hit one almost to the ohio river, 422 feet. tim lincecum did the rest and the giants routed the cincinnati rets in game four leaving both the ball club in red and the fans in red stunned as they left the park. so game five, winner take all, moves on to the national league championship series against either washington or st. louis. game time at 1:07 cincinnati time, that is 10:07 a.m. west coast time. an hour before that, sportsnet ken tral october quest has you covered over on comcast sportsnet bay area. that will do it from cincinnati. scott reese for nbc bay area

news. let's kick it back to you guys. >> the g-men need to get it done. meantime in oakland, more high stakes and high drama as the a's advance to game five after a ninth inning stunner. ecstacy, elation, excitement, all understatements as a's fans just keep that dream alive in oakland. comcast sportsnet bay area's henry wofford is live at the coliseum this morning with a look at that big-time victory and what it's going to take to keep the magic going and advance to the next round. hen henry, are you ready? let's do it. >> reporter: jon, i tell you what, you don't even have to be a die-hard fan to enjoy what's going on in oakland. my wife is a casual fan and she kept cheering why people are cheering for a breakfast cereal. i had, no, honey, coco crisp is a center fielder and he became

up big last night. bottom of the ninth and they had to perform big-time. seth smith steps to the plate, sends one to deep right center, two runs come in. we're tied at three. and then coco crisp, the player, not the cereal, honey, comes up big with a shot to right. seth smith rounds third, taps home plate. a's win 4-3. something else. so game five is tonight. 6:37 is the first pitch. things are going to rock and roll out here. a rookie pitcher, jared parker, 23 years old, will be your starter for the oakland a's. the starter for the detroit tigers is the reigning american league most valuable player and also a pitcher of the year, cy young winner, justin verlander. it's going to be something else out here. we'll have complete highlights tonight on nbc bay area. back to you, jon and laura. >> thanks so much, henry.

there's certainly going to be a lot of competition on the field and on the roads as fans try to get to the calm seem. >> with more on your best bet on how to get there, let's check in with our thursday game day road warrior bob redell. bob, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, jon and laura, competition for real estate here in the parking lot because not only are the a's playing tonight, so are the golden state warriors. so you have the a's at o.co around 6:30. right next door an hour later at the oracle arena are the golden state warriors in an exhibition basketball game. the a's are telling fans to show up early because both teams share this parking lot out here. there's also the b.a.r.t. option. but if you're going to take b.a.r.t., those trains are going to be crowded. hopefully the people on the trains won't be as wild and crazy as the fans last night after the a's surprise win

against the detroit tigers. of course they have game five tonight, the winner will chance to the playoffs for the american league pennant. >> if there was a cloud 30 i'd be on that one right now. i'm so excited. >> i'm overjoyed that we finally got to this place. >> reporter: now, tonight's game is sold out at just over 36,000 tickets. o.co can hold roughly 10,000 more fans, but as you can see the team has tarped many of the upper deck seats citing lack of demand and the fact there isn't enough time to remove them. so i would not be surprised if there would be the demand tonight but they don't have the time to take those tarps down. there was a grassroots efforts from fans to get them removed but the team did not budge. reporting live here in oakland, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> they'll still be sharing that magic out there, bob. bay area baseball ifront and center on nbcbeayarea.com.

click on the sports page. we've been talking about it's 10-11-12, finally autumn, but the forecast has been a little crazy. >> crazy, especially with the microclimates in the bay area because a completely clear sunshiny day in marin county and then we had thunderstorms roll in. the clouds came in quickly, the sky turned dark and we ended up with quarter-size hail, which is very unusual for the bay area on any day, any time of year. let's go ahead and talk about what's happening out there. you can see we have a little bit of activity to look forward to. 70 inland by thursday. by friday, we'll get a little inland shower. i'm going to come back and talk about the a's and the giants in a moment. i want to spend a little extra time on the seven-day. a lot of baseball potentially happening right here in the bay area. i think rain and weather are going to come into play saturday and sunday. we'll clear you out by sun. 82 degrees on monday, a warm-up

ahead. make sure you've got that marked on your calendar. a little rain this weekend and we heat you up next week. so we'll talk about that coming up. first let's take a look at your morning drive with mike. we're going to start you out in the south bay where we have a nice drive anywhere north of san jose. look at this, san jose itself, right under where my name is, thank you guys in the control room, we have the slowing north from 87 all the way up into s sarato saratoga. except this to start to be a nightmare before 7:00 and 10101, we had an accident tracking around mckey and that's causing all of this backup on 280. some are using this as an alternate changing the flow and adding to the congestion heading over to 880. so the south bay holding up with a really hefty commute here. better news for the tri-valley. south 680 pleasanton to sunol, also toward the dublin interchange, no big incidents. the roads are starting to dry

out after overnight spripgz, so keep that in mind. then getting out of castro valley slow. 880 slow south down into san leandro. hayward bogging down and slow still through union city and fremont. we'll look at 92, the san mateo bridge which is smooth over at the toll plaza. getting to the interchange of 92 and 101, so far speeds are holding up along the peninsula. pretty well for 101 and especially 280. we have the backup at the toll plaza. the east shore freeway slows a bit through berkeley but the accident at carlson causing a macup into richmond in the commute direction. back to you. >> thank you. 6:51 right now. we can tell you famed american businessman jack welch this morning defending his tweet from the other day when he accused the obama administration of cooking the books on the jobs number. >> in fact scott mcgrew, welch doubling down. >> he told the "wall street journal" he feels lick ke he li

in a communist country because he's being persecuted for his views on the government. shortly after the labor department said the unemployment rate had fallen, welch tweeted unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. they can't debate so they'll change the numbers. here you see that tweet. even republicans are publicly distancing themselves from that tweet because as we've gone over countless times, a falling unemployment rate without strong job growth can be explained mathematically. general electric is 49% owner of this tv station. meanwhile on the markets, we're looking at a slightly lower day again today. it's been kind of lousy lately. back to you. now to decision 2012. of course we've all heard from the presidential nominees and tonight the spotlight shifts over to the second in command. we're talking about these gentlemen. right now vice president joe biden and republican nominee

paul ryan, both working hard putting those finishing touches on their talking points before their first and only big-time debate. marla tellez is joining us with a look at all the high stakes here. >> reporter: the vp debate is being touted as head versus heart. 42-year-old republican candidate paul ryan seen as an effective up and comer while 69-year-old joe biden is viewed as the veteran politician who will strike a better bond with the audience. the two will face each other tonight in danville, kentucky. analysts say ryan is tasked with defending the conservative fiscal policies he promoted as chairman of the house budget committee while biden's job is to forcefully confront ryan. >> there's a lot of pressure on vice president joe biden to take the fight to paul ryan in an attempt to slow mitt romney's momentum from last week's debate. >> reporter: as for who is expected to win, new pew research shows 40% think ryan

will win versus 34% for think biden will come out on top. the debate gets under way at centre college in kentucky at 6:00 pacific time. we will take it live on nbc bay area so you can catch all the action right here. despite his experience, biden has been known to say the wrong thing at the wrong time on more than one occasion. still the commander in chief offering his advice saying joe just needs to be joe. >> can't wait to watch it. thank you very much. it's 6:54. new developments to tell you about in the disappearance of might be ala garecht. police have given an update on the case. christie smith joins us live with what police are now saying. christie. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. right now hayward police are still holding a press conference. they had the media inside their building. i can tell you what i heard in the brief time that i was in there. they did confirm that they are testing a bone fragment of a child believed to be 5 to 14

years old, testing that for dna. they have not confirmed this morning that this bone fragment belongs to michaela garecht who disappeared in 1988. they're telling me that the results of this testing may not be known for several weeks. investigators say that this started with an excavation in february in the central valley of a well, looking for victims of the so-called speed freak killers. they did find and identify one victim, a young woman. when they tested those bones of that victim, they determined that other bones were actually mixed in, probably happened during the excavation. the bone fragment is now going for a second level of dna testing in virginia. they also tell me that the fbi is involved in this leg of the investigation. of course michaela garecht disappeared from a corner near a store in 1988 in hayward. they say that the timeline appears to match up between when the speed freak killers were active and when michaela garecht

disappeared. we also know they have had the bone now for at least two weeks. i'll try to check back in in a couple of minutes and see what else they had to say but that's what we know for now. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." the bay area teenager at the center of a controversial boy scout decision will be joining ellen today. ryan andresen has been in the boy souts for 12 years until he was denied his eagle scout award because he is gay. ironically andresen final scout project focused on tolerance. >> i've been bullied a lot in my life so i went to my middle school and created a wall of 288 tiles and told all of the students that we're making a wall to combat bullying. >> for more on ryan's story and a look at how his fellow boy scouts are supporting hill, watch ellen today at 4:00 right here on nbc bay area.

we've had a wild ride weatherwise. let's check in with christina loren to find out what's happening. >> good morning to you. temperatures are looking good this morning. we're in the 50s and 60s. we've got a really good-looking day shaping up. if you like action when it comes to your local weather, 56 at livermore, 54 in san jose and 58 degrees in sunnyvale, so temperatures will be nice and comfortable as we head throughout the day today. we will continue to get those off and on isolated cells moving through the bay area. so as we head throughout today, this is what we're expecting. a little bit of action right now. not a whole lot headed our way until later on this evening. as you can see, a little bit of activity along the coastline and the east bay. as we head throughout the next couple of days, we'll keep this pattern in the mix. let's talk a little baseball because we do have a good-looking day shaping up out in cincinnati. first pitch 52 degrees. by the fifth inning 56 degrees. you'll see everybody bundled up in their jackets and winds will

likely come into play. yesterday we saw the balls carried out to center field. today we're talking about left field and right down the third baseline. the a's versus the tigers, another tricky forecast. 7:00 p.m. is when it's going to start to get interesting. once the sun goes down, we're expecting those showers to start to creep to the north in the east bay. so 62 degrees at 7:00 p.m. by 8:00 p.m. 58 degrees. teeratures today will be cool. sweater weather has returned. 68 in concord, 63 in san francisco. as we head through the next couple of days, we are going to warm you up. monday, tuesday, wednesday the mid-80s return. let's check on your drive with mike. right here san jose north 101 underneath 680, 280, it's very slow here. all of your northbound routes really jamming up and we'll check also the east bay with 880 past the coliseum -- here's 280 coming up toward 880, another one of your northbound routes. very, very slow toward the interchange. 880 and 17 are okay but 880

north is target to slow through san jose. as traffic flows past the coliseum, a's and warriors both playing tonight so watch for that. >> thank you very much. before you head out the door we have a look at today's top stories. police in washington state have arrested a man and a wife caught driving a stolen car that belonged to a murdered hercules woman. police trying to figure out if the couple in spom for the death of susie ko. former portola valley superintendent timothy hanretty will be sentenced today. he pleaded no contest to embezzling over $100,000 from the school district to remodel his home. and it's time to get it on for the a's and the giants. both teams staging major comebacks in the playoffs to tie it up at 2-2. today decisive game five. the giants start at 10:00. the a's at home taking on the detroit tigers at